I have a 2000 Taurus SE-S with the Duratec. I have no mods to it, other than an aftermarket radio which was installed years ago.
I have one dim headlight. Its the passenger side light.
I bought new bulbs. No difference.
I cleaned out the connectors using electrical contact cleaner. No difference.
I swapped bulbs. The passenger side still didn't light up, so it's not the bulb.
I googled around and noted two possibilities:
1. Bad ground. Now I did a visual all over the car, and it looks like the grounds are...above average for a 10 year old car. No crusting anywhere.
2. Harness connector may need to be replaced. There is one tooth divided in two that keeps the bulb plugged in. One of the two halves of this tooth has broken off, but that may have happened when I was replacing the bulbs last night. (It was dark) Should I splice in a new harness? I can't imagine it would take too long, and they're cheap.
Is there some type of historical indicator on what my problem could be? I did a search on "dim headlight", but this site kept ignoring dim so I end up with every headlight post possible.
Thanks for any help.
I have one dim headlight. Its the passenger side light.
I bought new bulbs. No difference.
I cleaned out the connectors using electrical contact cleaner. No difference.
I swapped bulbs. The passenger side still didn't light up, so it's not the bulb.
I googled around and noted two possibilities:
1. Bad ground. Now I did a visual all over the car, and it looks like the grounds are...above average for a 10 year old car. No crusting anywhere.
2. Harness connector may need to be replaced. There is one tooth divided in two that keeps the bulb plugged in. One of the two halves of this tooth has broken off, but that may have happened when I was replacing the bulbs last night. (It was dark) Should I splice in a new harness? I can't imagine it would take too long, and they're cheap.
Is there some type of historical indicator on what my problem could be? I did a search on "dim headlight", but this site kept ignoring dim so I end up with every headlight post possible.
Thanks for any help.